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November, 8 2017 (CNN) The notorious cartel boss hid in a laundry cart the first time he broke out of prison -- or so the story goes. The next time, he slipped out through an underground tunnel and rode a motorcycle to freedom. The brazen escapes, and the stories that swirled about them afterward, cemented [...]

November, 15 2017 (BBC) Mr Glas, who was arrested on 2 October, is the highest-ranking politician to be indicted in the massive Odebrecht corruption scandal. Prosecutors accuse Mr Glas of taking $13.5m (£10.2m) in bribes from the Brazilian construction giant, which he denies. He could face up to five years in jail. Mr Glas has [...]

November, 15 2017 (Reuters) LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Wednesday claims he had worked as a consultant for Brazilian construction company Odebrecht SA [ODBES.UL], which is embroiled in an international bribery scandal, were false. Kuczynski also said in a speech broadcast on television that he had never received any campaign [...]

November, 15 2017 (Reuters) MOSCOW/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela won easier debt terms from Russia and got a vote of confidence from China on Wednesday, as the oil-rich country said it had starting making interest payments on bonds after a delay that had threatened to trigger a default. A debt restructuring deal with Russia that allows [...]

November, 9 2017, (Panampost) During Argentine President Mauricio Macri’s visit to the United States, he asked the US to toughen sanctions against the dictatorship in Venezuela, claiming that a total embargo of oil exports has become necessary. “We should go to a complete seizure,” he said. “Things have gotten worse and worse. The situation is [...]

November, 9 2017, (BBC) The state of Texas has executed a Mexican national, sparking an outcry over his human rights. Ruben Cardenas Ramirez was pronounced dead at 22:26 (04:26 GMT) after receiving a lethal injection. He had been convicted of the 1997 kidnap, rape and murder of his 16-year-old cousin, Mayra Laguna. Mexican President Enrique [...]

November, 8 2017 (Reuters) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury has warned bondholders that dealing with Venezuela’s chief debt negotiators, both of whom are blacklisted by the United States, would be “problematic” and could lead to stiff penalties under U.S. sanctions. Last week, President Nicolas Maduro invited creditors to a Nov. 13 meeting in Caracas [...]

November, 8 2017 (Reuters) BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina’s congress on Wednesday passed a law aimed at punishing companies for corruption by fining or blacklisting them from public contracts, a measure that comes as the judiciary reviews high-profile graft cases. The measure also includes a provision for companies to sign leniency agreements lessening their punishments [...]

November, 8 2017 (Reuters) BOGOTA (Reuters) - Police seized more than 12 tons of cocaine from Colombia’s top crime gang on Wednesday, the biggest haul ever in the nation’s long-running fight against drug trafficking, President Juan Manuel Santos said. The cocaine, with a U.S. market value estimated by Santos at about of $360 million, was [...]

November, 3 2017 (Reuters) CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced that the country and state oil company PDVSA will restructure its burgeoning foreign debt, even as he vowed to make a payment of more than $1 billion that came due on Thursday. The announcement did not put Venezuela or PDVSA into default, [...]

November, 3 2017 (CNN) It was a little before midnight on March 2, 2016, when at least two men kicked in the back door of the home of award-winning environmentalist and activist Berta Cáceres in La Esperanza, western Honduras. Moments later, 44-year-old Cáceres was shot dead. Her friend, Mexican environmentalist Gustavo Castro Soto was wounded, [...]